Dictionary Check: exterminate
"exterminate" is a valid word!
Scrabble
20
points
Words with Friends
22
points
Definition
verb
kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
Example:
"Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
verb
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
Example:
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
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